At the end of July, the case of Japanese Shunichi Sakuragi against Shanghai Star Film Company finally opened.

During this time, Shunichi Sakuragi had not been idle, and he knew that the French were ignoring the Japanese, so he enlisted the British to put pressure on the French.

Although there were also contradictions between these various powers in Shanghai, they always maintained a unified pace in dealing with the Chinese.

The British came forward to demand that such patriotic films be banned in the concession of Shanghai, and the French still had to consider it carefully.

Moreover, because of the screening of "Huo Yuanjia, the Great Hero of Jinmen", a large number of Chinese poured into the French Concession, and these people watched the movie and were excited, and it was inevitable that something would happen, causing chaos in the French Concession.

The French did not want to see such a chaotic scene.

At this time, the chief director of the French Concession Public Board of Directors was called De Zhipei, and he asked for the matter to be settled as soon as possible, so the case could not be dragged on, so he had to hold a trial.

This case has always been the focus of attention of Shanghai newspapers, and there is everything about the cause of Huo Yuanjia's death, but no one has conclusive evidence, and they are all speculating.

The key to the case is whether the movie alludes to the murder of Huo Yuanjia by the Japanese.

Lin Zixuan hired a French lawyer with a high salary to defend himself, France is worthy of being the country that invented the movie, and this lawyer proved that the movie was not suspected of insinuation from the perspective of film shooting.

He questioned Shunichi Sakuragi.

Since you think that the Japanese doctor's prescription of medicine to Huo Yuanjia is not directly related to Huo Yuanjia's death, then you should also adhere to this point of view when watching the movie, and you should not suspect that the movie is suspected of insinuation.

After all, there's nothing in the movie that directly points this out, it's just an illusion that the movie clip has created for you.

Here he confuses the concept that innuendo is to use one thing to imply or illustrate another.

This is a very subjective concept, you said that I insinuated, I don't admit that I insinuated, anyway, it was an endless quarrel, but no one paid attention to the cause of Huo Yuanjia's death.

Because this incident was a hot topic of news, there was an uproar in the concession, and the trial became a sophistry.

In the end, Dong Die, the deputy general manager of the French Concession, who was in charge of the trial, was not satisfied.

He asked Lin Zixuan and Shunichi Sakuragi to coordinate a result by themselves, resolve the matter as soon as possible, and quiet the media, otherwise both sides will be severely punished.

Feng Jingyao also persuaded Lin Zixuan to accept it when he saw it, anyway, the movie was almost released during this time, and the money was enough.

Lin Zixuan and Shunichi Sakuragi reached an out-of-court settlement.

Star Film Company stopped screening "Huo Yuanjia" in the French Concession, but would not make a written apology.

Lin Zixuan would rather pay money to compensate the Japanese for so-called mental damages than apologize, and he is very insistent on this.

Shunichi Sakuragi has lived in Shanghai for many years, and is considered a China expert, knowing that Chinese people have a good face, especially people like Lin Zixuan, who are famous in society.

Anyway, his purpose was to ban the movie, and since Lin Zixuan was so insistent, he also gave up his plan to make the star film company apologize.

If the trouble continues, once the Chinese are provoked, the impact will be even worse.

As a result, this eye-catching lawsuit was settled so easily that many media outlets were puzzled.

Shouldn't it be pinched to the end?

Sakuragi Shunichi felt that he had finally won and brought the Chinese to his knees, and he was very happy.

But the next day, he received news that the French Concession would indeed no longer screen "Huo Yuanjia", but the Chinese community began to screen this movie again.

Sakuragi was furious, he was tricked by the Chinese.

Lin Zixuan had already made preparations and sent a copy of the movie to a cinema in Huajie overnight for screening.

During the Republican period, Shanghai's Chinese boundaries included Shanghai Nanshi, Zhabei District, and Baoshan District.

The living conditions of the people here are not good, compared to the life in the concession, it is considered a slum, most of the factories in Shanghai are built in the Chinese realm, and the people make a living by working in the factories.

The factories of this era can be called sweatshops, with poor working conditions, long working hours, low wages, and all kinds of unfair treatment.

Most of the cinemas in Huajie are small theaters with low prices, dilapidated and controlled by social forces.

Watching a movie costs only a dime, and five dimes can be watched all night, which is considered one of the few entertainment activities for the workers, and most of the films shown are movies with vulgar content.

Lin Zixuan had no intention of making money by sending the copy to Huajie for screening.

He didn't just want to fight the Japanese, but felt that the impact of this film on the Chinese community would be even greater.

In the past half a month, "Tianjin Hero Huo Yuanjia" has been screened in the concession, although it has also caused a sensation, and young people are very excited to watch it, but they always feel a little less enthusiastic.

This is because most of the Chinese in the concession are from good backgrounds and have stable jobs, even if they are not as good as foreigners in terms of social status, at least they can live a decent life.

This feeling of self-satisfaction can easily paralyze oneself and think that one's life is good.

This is the norm in this era, everyone thinks so, there is nothing strange, if Lin Zixuan is not from the next generation, maybe he will live like this.

But he always felt that it was better to do something than nothing.

Of course, it was also his goal to be angry with the Japanese, and this time, Shunichi Sakuragi was going to protest to the Chinese government in Shanghai.

The grand occasion of the screening of "Tianjin Hero Huo Yuanjia" in the Chinese community can be described as an empty alley, because there are too many people watching, and some people have come up with a way to screen it in the open air.

Open-air screenings are cheaper, but because of the large number of people, they are more profitable than screenings in theaters.

Sakuragi Shunichi did not give up, and he put pressure on the Shanghai Chinese government to ban the screening of "Tianjin Hero Huo Yuanjia" in the Chinese world.

The Shanghai government looked at the popularity of the film and was worried that there would be unintended consequences if it was banned, and how could it be banned if it was a patriotic film that was famous in the concession.

So, they kicked the problem back to Star Studios, and asked Star Studios to take back the copies of the film.

Shunichi Sakuragi found Lin Zixuan again.

Lin Zixuan pushed it very cleanly, the copies of the film have been sold, and the film company can't care about the screening there, the film company in Nanyang has returned to Nanyang, and he has also sold the film to the United States.

Do you want to chase it back?

Well, since you're so persistent, we can chase it back, but it will take time.

As for how long, I can't give you an exact answer, I can only say as soon as possible.

In fact, if you want to stop the screening of films in China as soon as possible, I suggest that you still go to the Shanghai Chinese government, and they will issue a ban on screenings, which is much faster than our film company to negotiate.

Sakuragi Shunichi was indignant, and he deeply felt the unique way of dealing with problems in Chinese.

According to later generations, it was to kick the ball.